Church Catholic is the one that helps the poor most in the world, it has more than 5,269 hospitals, 15,735 elderly homes, 9,813 orphanages
We have updated the information with recent data from the year 2019 provided by the Information Organ of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and they give us an idea of why the Catholic Church continues to be the one that helps the poor most all over the world and is the one that has the most centers of charity available for the most needy.
Fides News Agency, which has been the information agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927, remembering the memory of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11, 2015, and also, on the occasion of the celebration of the 23rd World Day of the Sick, published at that time the official figures of the health, assistance and charity Institutes managed in the world by the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church is the one that helps the most in the world.
According to the data of the last Church Statistical Yearbook, published by this agency on the occasion of the Missionary Day, the Health, Assistance and Charity Institutes managed in the world by the Church total 115,352 and comprise the following:
- 5,167 hospitals mostly in America (1,493) and Africa (1,298)
- 17,322 dispensaries, mostly in Africa (5,256), the Americas (5,137) and Asia (3,760)
- 648 leprosy clinics mainly in Asia (322) and Africa (229);
- 15,699 homes for the elderly, chronically ill and handicapped, mostly in Europe (8,200) and America (3,815);
- 10,124 orphanages, mainly in Asia (3,980) and America (2,418);
- 11,596 nurseries, mostly in the Americas (3,661) and Asia (3,441);
- 14,744 marriage consultants distributed largely in the Americas (5,636) and Europe (6,173)
- 3,663 education or social reeducation centres
- 36,389 other institutions. (SL)
This is just a small sample of what the Catholic Church does around the world to help the poorest and most in need.
According to the weekly magazine "The Economist", the Church is the largest non-governmental organization in the world. Although such a denomination "NGO (given by them) does not fit the primary function of the Catholic Church, its figures confirm the weight that our works have for the world society.
"Of all the organizations that serve America´s poor, few do more good work than the Catholic Church: its schools and hospitals provide a lifeline to millions," The Economist reported in an August 18, 2012, issue.
The Catholic Church is all the faithful.
The Catholic Church, at present, has religious and lay missionaries of both sexes throughout the width of the planet and in the lesser thought out corners, who carry out on a regular basis and for the love of Jesus, a great number of works both material and moral and spiritual support.
The Catholic Church also carries out a number of social works administered by different Foundations or Parish Pastoral Assistance, which cover areas such as: schools, dispensaries, shelters for children and the elderly, hospitals, rehabilitation centers of all kinds, leprosy clinics, etc., making it the organization that most helps the poor around the world.
Catholic Church Statistics for 2019
Fides News Agency provided the official data for 2019 in terms of its overall growth figures in all general areas. All these data can be seen on its official website
You can also download the detailed PDF sheet on the different areas covered by the Catholic Church to offer help in the world.
Below is a small extract from the detailed document in which we can see the following:
Institutes of instruction and education.
In the field of instruction and education the Church administers in the world:
- 71,305 nursery schools attended by 7,303,839 students;
- 101,527 primary schools with 34,558,527 students;
- 48,560 secondary schools with 20,320,592 students.
- In addition, it follows 2,345,799 high school students and 2,945,295 university students.
Health, welfare and assistance institutes.
The charitable and assistance institutes administered in the world by the Church include
- 5,269 hospitals with the greatest presence in America (1,399) and Africa (1,367);
- 16,068 dispensaries, mostly in Africa (5,907), America (4,330) and Asia (2,919);
- 646 leprosy clinics mainly in Asia (362) and Africa (229);
- 15,735 homes for the elderly, chronically ill and disabled, mostly in Europe (8,475) and the Americas (3,596)
- 9,813 orphanages mostly in Asia (3,473);
- 10,492 nurseries with the largest number in America (3,153) and in Asia (2,900)
- 13,065 marriage bureaus, mostly in Europe (5,676) and America (4,798)
- 3,169 education or social reeducation centres.
- 31,182 institutions of other types
As you have seen, the Catholic Church continues to maintain many centers of assistance and help for the poor, which is why it will be and will continue to be the one that helps the poor and needy the most around the world.
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